The feast day is on May 28th. She was born in Quito, Ecuador of noble spanish parents. She was an orphan but later on raised by her elder sister and her husband. She was very religous but became. very solitary in her sisters home. She started to eat very little amounts of food and would only sleep 3 hours a night for the longest time. St.Mariana had the gift of prophecy and performed miracles. She offered herself as the victim of the sins of the people and later died on May 26th.She is known as Mariana of Quito and is often called "the lily of Quito." She was canonized in 1950.
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